From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 900BE138334 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 20:31:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 40450E0930; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 20:31:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA66BE0907 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 20:31:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-it0-f41.google.com (mail-it0-f41.google.com [209.85.214.41]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mattst88) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D3D3A335C39 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 20:31:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-it0-f41.google.com with SMTP id d9-v6so14322769itf.2 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 13:31:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlFk/v2hXqpLo7waM/tOSdOKj55IHqDvzoYgXmEFzZrQrKTQblt1 d+szS1XVHARUCqmQL2onprZoKAopablcL1nnUHY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpd4d2Zchw5qdMxk7nLsC9OVJCoZeqBc1nr8u9BrNXwkGd9FOnKVzRNPrekZ1lpYyhZs1AM3YGTQKXZIjxhtuFM= X-Received: by 2002:a24:52d4:: with SMTP id d203-v6mr12095934itb.17.1532896302913; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 13:31:42 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a02:7126:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 13:31:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <23368.25818.481969.336756@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20180713065734.63627e6f@professor-x> <23368.58952.48436.482420@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <23368.64354.849449.669215@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <23369.2669.259722.764432@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <23375.3755.971322.887796@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <23386.55441.474410.12939@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> From: Matt Turner Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 13:31:22 -0700 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving default location of portage tree (was: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2018-07-29) To: gentoo development Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: bfe9e23b-c0c6-4ea7-8b08-01239a077fa3 X-Archives-Hash: 7b69258e1ee682426793733bdbfd969b On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 1:01 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 3:56 PM Matt Turner wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 1:32 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >> > >> > So, considering all the feedback from mailing list and IRC: >> > >> > /usr/portage -> /var/db/repos/gentoo >> > /usr/portage/distfiles -> /var/cache{,/gentoo}/distfiles >> > /usr/portage/packages -> /var/cache{,/gentoo}/binpkgs >> > >> > Open question: Should we have the additional "gentoo" path component >> > for the ones in /var/cache? The tradeoff is between a path that is >> > easier to type, or slightly easier usage if someone wants to NFS mount >> > distfiles and binpkgs. >> >> That proposal has by vote of support. No strong preference on whether >> to include gentoo/ or not. It's one NFS mount vs two so not a big deal >> either way. >> > > Why not stick the repos in /var/repos and not /var/db/repos? If we're > just making up paths, why not make up a shorter one? I don't think > any other linux distros use /var/db... That would be fine with me as well :)